Chongming Xianzong

Chapter 179 New Cloud Alliance

The person who was most happy about the victory in the duel was Kuai En. Although he had offended the Huo family, at least he had gotten to know the two Foundation Establishment cultivators a little better.

If there were not still a group of foundation-building practitioners in the courtyard, he would have already started inviting his clansmen to prepare a banquet.

After the foundation-building monks finished watching the excitement, Tie Liuyun laughed, waved his hand, and without knowing when, he had set up an isolation formation, and in the blink of an eye, all the Qi-cultivating monks were blocked out.

Jiang Qing's face instantly showed a trace of longing, "This is the method of building a foundation, it really makes people yearn for it."

Sect Leader Kang curled his lips. Now he couldn't see, hear or touch anything. It was really boring. But he didn't dare to have the slightest idea of ​​prying into the matter. He couldn't offend a high-level cultivator.

If there is something he should know, Taoist Heilu will tell him later, so there is no need for him to pry into it now.

"Come on, tell us about the blue silver vein!" Kang Dabao simply patted Kuai En.

The latter led everyone into a quiet room, where there was a fine sand table made with reference to the blue silver vein. The Kuai family had put a lot of effort into making it, but it was all for the benefit of others.

After calming down, Kuai En began to explain.

"The blue silver vein in my family stretches for sixty miles, which is quite large. The geomancer hired by the Huo family has seen it. If we want to mine it properly, we need to find three groups of first-level monsters and eleven mortal bandits. According to the geomancer's experience, we also need to build at least seven first-level top-grade formations. Mining is difficult and expensive. At least my family doesn't have the ability to do so."

At this point, a hint of gloom flashed across Kuai En's eyes. If it weren't for his own lack of strength, how could he be willing to give up such a precious land to outsiders?

"Oh, this Dantong Cliff was also given up by others." Kuai En's eyes became more complicated. He knew very well how much effort he had put in the last attack on Huodao Village.

Kuai En knew in his heart that his cheap uncle Kang Dabao was a rare kind-hearted man. When he gave up Dantong Cliff earlier, it was a bargain for Kuai En.

Logically speaking, I shouldn't have any resentment in my heart.

But the Huo family's loss in the duel may not be a good thing for the Kuai family. The former was a local tyrant that had been operating in Tanggu County for one or two hundred years, and they had plenty of ways to deal with the Kuai family.

Even if they were unreasonably involved in this dispute, it was not the Kuai family's original intention.

He offered the mineral veins, obtained the spiritual stones, and then slowly took advantage of the proximity to the Huo family, and even tried to get married with the two families, so that he could prosper.
The blueprint that the patriarch of this small family had drawn up for the future was completely shattered, and in the future he would have to be careful about the counterattack and revenge of the Huo family.

"What a great place!" Kang Dabao praised. It had been many years since Chongming Sect had valuable first-level mineral veins like blue silver ore.

"Excellent, excellent! I am becoming more and more like the founder of the Restoration Movement!"

After looking at the blue silver vein, Kang Dabao was about to ask Tie Xishan and Kuai En if they knew about the spirit stone mine.

But someone outside Dantong Cliff shouted, "Hancheng Yue Lan has come to visit us without any hesitation. I hope you fellow Taoists will take the time to meet him."

Tie Liuyun in the formation sneered and raised his hand to stop talking to the foundation builders present. "I should have thought of this earlier. How could the Yue family not intervene in such a matter!"

"Have you all made up your mind?" Tie Liuyun looked around. The faces of the foundation builders were tangled for a while, and then a red-faced old man took the lead and said, "If Commander Tie's previous promises are all valid, we are naturally willing to work for you, Lord."

"Good! The Liangyi Sect has been harming Yunjiaozhou for a hundred years. They are blind and cruel to talented people. Since you have abandoned the dark and joined the light, and are willing to work for Lord Bo, then we are a family."

Tie Liuyun showed a look of joy on his face, and with a wave of his sleeves, he took back the formation flag. At this time, a sturdy middle-aged monk stood in the air outside the formation, and when he looked at Tie Zhihui, his sword-like eyebrows were raised, and his eyes were filled with anger.

"Deacon Yue." Tie Liuyun greeted with a smile on his face, with a dozen foundation-building practitioners standing behind him.

"Iron Commander." The middle-aged monk was alone and fearless, and spoke coldly.

"Do you really think that you can go against the Immortal Sect by gathering together this bunch of losers?" The middle-aged cultivator glanced at the cultivators behind Tie Liuyun. The foundation-building cultivators who were swept up were usually big figures who dominated a place.

But at this moment, he dared not move even though he was scolded in person. He lowered his head and dared not look at the middle-aged monk. It was not until his eyes swept over the black-shoe Taoist that the middle-aged monk's eyes suddenly changed and said coldly: "Fellow Daoist Black Shoe, don't make a mistake."

"You, Yue Lan, don't need to teach me how to do things." The Taoist in black shoes slowly raised his half-closed eyelids and looked directly into the middle-aged monk's intimidating gaze, not giving in at all.

"Okay!" Yue Lan looked at the black-shoe Taoist seriously again, and after a long while he finally uttered the word "Okay". He shouted coldly, pointed at the cultivators behind Tie Liuyun, and said harshly: "Take care of yourselves!"

After saying that, he stepped on the flying sword, turned around and left.

As if he was very proud of Yue Lan's retreat, Tie Liuyun laughed and began to comfort the people who were building the foundation present with words.

Taoist Heishi sighed as he looked at the crowd, "These people are not very useful. Beiyue and Nanniu alone have accumulated so much power. Liangyi Sect has ruled Yunjiaozhou for nearly a thousand years. It would be very difficult for them to make a big change."

Thinking of this, the Taoist Heishi didn't know whether his decision was right or wrong.

Fortunately, he did not intend to defect to the Immortal Dynasty. After all, Kuang Liuting came in person to invite him, but the Taoist Heilu was not moved and even harshly ridiculed the new royal family member.

Even Kuang Liuting, the great Earl of Nan'an, couldn't persuade him, let alone a mere Tie Liuyun.

The Black Shoe Taoist didn't want to sell himself to the Immortal Dynasty, he just wanted to cooperate. Both parties came together for profit and would also separate because of profit.

Taoist Heilu only wanted to gain some benefits for his own practice and did not want to be too deeply involved with the Immortal Dynasty. Tie Liuyun could naturally see what he was thinking, but he was also happy with it.

Don’t underestimate the actions that Kuang Liuting has taken since he came to Yunjiaozhou. He has destroyed mountains and temples and has also made great efforts to maneuver the foundation-building forces in Yunjiaozhou.

However, the battle between the Xian Dynasty and the Liangyi Sect has only just begun, and is still far from the real show.

Unless this Taoist priest with black shoes really finds a deserted place to practice in seclusion, or leaves far away and never comes back, otherwise, with his future, he is already important enough to catch the eyes of both sides. Such a person must choose a side.

Not everyone has the ability to dance on eggs. Even a big family like the Yue family in Hancheng is not in a good position in the eyes of the Liangyi Sect and the state court, and has become a pig who is neither popular nor accepted by everyone.

Although the Black-Shoe Taoist is very strong, he is alone after all, and cannot resist such a powerful force.

Tie Liuyun understood this principle, and Heilu Taoist naturally saw it even more clearly.

There will be no good ending if you play both sides. Taoist Heilu will eventually find a side to join. Tie Liuyun is confident that he will fall on the side of the Immortal Dynasty.

With mixed feelings, Taoist Heilu refused the banquet prepared by Tie Liuyun, and instead called over a group of younger generations from the Chongming Sect and talked about some things that everyone had discussed today during the foundation-building period.

"This time, the provincial government has explored the true scale of this spirit stone mine. This is not a micro spirit stone mine, but a small one. A geomancer estimated that at least 50,000 low-grade spirit stones can be mined here every year. If one is lucky, there may be medium-grade and high-grade spirit stones as well. As for the reserves, it is conservatively estimated that it can be mined for three decades." "Wow." Everyone exclaimed in surprise when they heard this, and Jiang Qing was speechless. He was not good at mathematics, and could not calculate how many spirit stones this spirit stone mine could produce.

The head of the Kang clan narrowed his eyes slightly when he heard this: "The spiritual stone vein that old man Huo Bing had finally obtained from the Earl of Nan'an was taken back by the state government in the blink of an eye."

"From today on, the Chongming Sect and Hemu Dao of Pingrong County will join the Lianshui League, which is composed of the Shujian Sect of Wang County, the Feiyue Shan Family of Hong County, and the Zifeng Valley of Shen County. From today on, the Lianshui League will be renamed Xinyun, and will serve the state court together.

The provincial government has issued an order that within a sixty-year period, the income from the spirit stone mine will be distributed among the five families according to a fixed quota, and the provincial government will not take a penny. After a sixty-year period, if the five families can do things that satisfy the provincial government, then the spirit stone mine will continue to be jointly managed by the five families. "

Kang Dabao had a thought when he heard this: "The Huo family has lost all their face in front of Kuang Liuting. It's bad enough that the mine was taken away by force, but even among the five families that share the profits, the Huo family is not included."

Pei Yi started to make calculations in his mind. Now most of the Chongming Sect's grain and resources, Kang Dabao, were jointly managed by him and Yuan Jin, so Pei Yi was very sensitive about numbers.

He had calculated clearly that in order to win over a few families, the state court had offered a high price. Some small families would ask ordinary foundation builders to serve as worshippers, and an annual salary of one or two thousand spirit stones was considered a high price.

The provincial government did pay a high price to recruit local monks to serve.

With the spiritual stone mine as a bond of interest, even if each family intends to keep a distance from the state court, they will always consciously safeguard the interests of the state court imperceptibly.

Kang Dabao was well-informed and knew that the Lianshui League, which was originally composed of the three families mentioned above, was the second-tier force in Yunjiaozhou in the past, except for the Niu and Yue families.

Each family has several active foundation-building cultivators and hundreds of Qi-cultivating cultivators. The Chongming Sect and the Hemu Dao are somewhat out of place in the alliance.

Perhaps he saw the doubt in his nephew's eyes, and the black-shoe Taoist said casually and proudly: "One person from a certain family is enough to represent three sects, so they are not at a disadvantage."

Several younger generations were deeply impressed by such heroic speeches. Led by Kang Dabao, they spoke a lot of nice words, praising Taoist Heilu so much that his face turned red before they stopped.

"The days ahead will be more difficult," Taoist Heilu paused and turned his gaze to Kang Dabao, "You will have to fight." The latter felt a slight chill in his heart and responded seriously.

The next day, Tie Liuyun woke up from a hangover, strode to the spirit stone mine with many foundation-building practitioners, reeking of alcohol, and giving advice, looking very proud.

Revisiting the old place, Kang Dabao sighed, and the joy that had risen in his heart yesterday because of gaining a large fortune gradually faded away.

He couldn't count how many mortals and monks had died in this mine. He believed that the people who were building their foundations above couldn't count either, but they didn't care at all, and just looked at this treasure bowl with joy on their faces.

The path to immortality is so dangerous!

Taoist Hei Lu came here for a quick visit and then went back. Kang Dabao was in no mood to stay any longer, so he just sighed, made up a story to his three fellow apprentices, and went alone to a cultivator's manor outside Tanggu County based on his memory.

He scanned the manor with his spiritual sense and found a woman. The woman had a pretty face and a cute complexion, but she was a little pale. A naive child was held in her arms.

She was humming a song to coax her child to sleep, but as she was doing so, her eyes became empty and the warmth in her song lost. She became numb and tears began to flow unconsciously.

When Kang Dabao saw this scene, he quietly sneaked into the woman's bedroom and put back a storage bag that had been washed clean.

He looked at the child for a while, stood for a while, and was about to take a step forward, but then stopped and put another broken spirit particle into the storage bag.

The bigwigs in the New Cloud Alliance would not feel sad for the passing of these low-level monks. They first held a small exchange meeting, and gained a lot from each other.

Except for the heads of each family, everyone else left Tanggu County. Cultivating immortals was very busy, and there was no need to waste time here.

The heads of each family returned to the Kuai family and started the first meeting since the establishment of the New Yun League. Tie Liuyun attended as a representative of the provincial court.

The person who presided over the meeting was Ye Zhen, the head of Shujian Sect, who was also the leader of Lianshui League in the past and the only late-stage foundation-building cultivator in Xinyun League. He was also old, and had a bit of a high reputation.

This kind-looking old man with white eyebrows was generous and plump, and he said in a kind tone: "From now on, we will be allies again. I hope you can help each other and love each other. Gather together under the banner of the state court and work together for the Immortal Dynasty."

"Yes, yes, yes."

"Mr. Ye is right."

Tie Liuyun nodded with a smile, looking very satisfied.

"It is a great joy that Daoist Hei Lu has just joined our alliance. I propose that Daoist Hei Lu serve as the deputy leader. Do you have any objections?"

"No objection."

"Daoist Black Shoes deserves it."

The other two leaders looked at each other and had no intention of objecting. In the past, the Lianshui League was very loose, and even the so-called leader only spoke a few more words during meetings.

The Taoist Heilu probably didn't know about this before, but he was a decisive person. He thought for a moment before accepting it and bowed to the three people.

The meeting also discussed the mining arrangements for the Lingshi Mine, the investment ratios of each company, etc. It was only at this point that there was some sense of discussion.

Each family who was building the foundation had given up their aloof appearance and became just like ordinary merchants. They refused to give in for the sake of their own interests and could not reach a conclusion after discussing for a long time. Ye Zhen had no choice but to say that they would discuss the matter later.

The pain point of not having a strong person in charge lies here. Ye Zhen’s prestige in the alliance is not enough.

Although his cultivation in the late stage of foundation building was considered top-notch in the alliance, he was not good at fighting. Moreover, he was only at the Qingye foundation building stage, and the probability of him forming a fake pill was not high. Naturally, everyone lacked some respect for him.

This was also the reason why, although the Lianshui League was not weak in strength, it was not strong among the nearby foundation-building alliances and was often taken advantage of by the other alliances. As a result, it was the first to be noticed by Tie Liuyun and was successfully recruited by means of benefits.

Tie Liuyun kept this matter in mind and glanced at the expressionless Taoist Heilu, without holding out any hope.

This is a rare pure Taoist who is not capable of doing such petty and despicable things.

The matter of the spirit stone mine was put aside for the time being, and Ye Zhen brought up the last topic of today's meeting, which was about a newly-launched task.

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